So far I’m pretty happy with the direction I’m going with my research. I’ve re-read The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, and James and the Giant Peach. Some of the themes of Dahl’s social commentary are evident throughout all of his literature, while others are restricted to a single work. Obesity, reverence towards the elderly, and child cruelty, are examples running themes I’ve found in multiple works. While themes such as spoilt children and poverty are slightly more concentrated to singular works.

As for resources to follow, I still have a quite a few of Dahl’s children’s books to go through and I’ve started to read Boy, one of his autobiographies. For the interview requirement, my grandmother was a children’s librarian in England for twenty years so I’m hoping to ask her some questions. As for the audio/visual requirement, Dahl wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang so maybe I’ll look into some social commentary in that as well.